The BERKELEY Times Vol. 27 - No. 44
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─Photo by Chris Lundy Central Regional Athletic Director John Scran watches as four members of the Leiter family - Al, John, Kurt and Mark – collectively throw the first pitch. By Chris Lundy to pitch for the Yankees Dozens of fans and were in large supply. BERKELEY – A new and Mets. He was on local officials made Kevin Williams, a field at Central Region- the teams that won the their way from the high sportscaster for WOBM al gives honor to local World Series for the To- school down the steps who always cheers lolegends – The Al Kun- ronto Blue Jays (1993) in back to the new field. cal athletics, opened zman Memorial Field at and the Florida Marlins Bleachers anchored the the event talking about the Al Leiter Baseball (1997). corner behind home the legends of Central Park. The facility was beau- plate, a scoreboard Regional baseball, and Leiter graduated Cen- tiful and pristine on an looked over the field, quite a few were in tral in 1984 and went on early April afternoon. and maroon and gold (Pitch - See Page 4)
Beach Sweep Volunteers Continue To Keep Shore Clean
By Alyssa Riccardi and Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Despite the rainy weather, residents of all ages came out to Jersey Shore beaches to remove harmful debris and keep the sandy shores clean. Clean Ocean Action (COA) held their 37th
Annual Beach Sweeps on April 9, with over 5,000 volunteers removing litter throughout 75 different sites across the state. Clean Ocean Action is a leading national and regional voice working to protect waterways using science, law, research, education and
citizen action. Their annual Beach Sweeps are held every April and October and are the state’s largest volunteer driven, citizen science and environmental event. T h e go a l of t h e Beach Sweeps is to make beaches safer for marine life and more
enjoyable for people. In addition, the event collects data to provide information on how to change wasteful habits, enforce litter laws, improve policies and spread awareness to the public. “While Mother Nature sent us some fickle weather, there was
nothing fickle about the thousands of volunteers who turned out to give the Jersey Shore beaches a nice, clean sweep with fascinating finds,” Clean Ocean Action Executive Director Cindy Zipf said. The Berkeley Township Waterways Advisory (Beach - See Page 6)
April 16, 2022
Development Brings Too Many Unsafe Drivers, Some Residents Say
By Chris Lundy BERKELEY – Some residents said that development has caused a lot of traffic and speeding in neighborhoods between Route 9 and the Garden State Parkway. The area is off Hickory Lane. This is a road that used to be mostly wooded, with a few warehouses and light industrial businesses, dead ending at the Ocean County Utilities Authority. Over time, residential developments have taken the place of trees. Drivers go through Butternut Lane and Amsterdam Avenue to skip Central Boulevard and Route 9. Even nearby Maryland Avenue has slightly raised crosswalks and signage urging drivers to slow down. The houses are usually large and the roads curve in strange angles, causing a limited sight distance. Coupled with people parking on the street, it makes for some tight corners. Scott Alfano of Amsterdam Avenue came to a Township Council meeting and said that there have been several developments filling in the area, providing “a hundred homes and hundreds of cars.” Some of these drivers speed and don’t stop all the way at stop signs, he said. “Berkeley Township School District even had to change the bus route for safety,” he said. He said he even saw police cars run the stop signs. He wants speed humps, the gentler version of speed bumps, and he’d like to see the speed limit lowered from 25 to 15 miles per hour. Police need to be present in the neighborhood for enforcement. “We need something to prevent it from being a drive-through neighborhood,” he said. Currently, there are markings on the asphalt near the corner of Timberline Road and Butternut reminding drivers that it is only 25 mph. A stop sign on Amsterdam near the intersection with Butternut has blinking lights surrounding it to call attention to it. Bill Mitchell, who also lives in the area, (Development - See Page 5)
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